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Skydiving accident kills NYC correction officer

A skydiving accident on Long Island has killed a New York City corrections officer and seriously injured another man. Riverhead police say it happened Wednesday afternoon at Calverton's Skydive Long Island.

The president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association said the dead man would have turned 25 on Thursday.

Norman Seabrook called the victim a "great officer with so much promise."

His name was not immediately released.

About 30 correction officers converged at the accident scene. Some hugged and consoled each other.

Newsday says the owner of Skydive Long Island choked up while speaking briefly outside his office Wednesday night. Ray Maynard said he was "very sorry."

Witnesses told police that the parachute was open.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating.

In June 2012, Chappaqua real-estate magnate David Winoker, 49, was killed along with 25-year-old instructor Alex Chulsky in a tandem parachute jump accident in Ulster County. An extremely rare "hard opening" of the parachute caused a violent jolt and broke the instructor's spine, paralyzing him. He couldn't control the descent and the fall killed both of them. Winoker was a novice jumper celebrating a friend's birthday in a jump organized by Skydive the Ranch.